Hacking News

A company that sells spyware to consumers specifically and openly marketing its product to domestic abusers got hacked. The hacker, who only goes by the initials L.M., told Motherboard in February that he gained access to the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that sells an Android and iOS spy app to consumers. Read more

A month after Alaska Airlines closed its acquisition of Virgin America, the Seattle-based airline had been hacked. Alaska discovered a malicious threat actor known to the U.S. Defense Department had abused a loophole in Virgin’s security to gain access to the system, according to Director of Security Architecture Jessica Ferguson. Read more

Out of all of the players in the squad DeAndre Yedin is the most active player on social media, and frankly the best player on social media. An American Millennial in its purist form, DeAndre’s Instagram is full of hilarious Instagram stories, well planned posts, and quality photos. He is also active on Twitter and

Hillary Clinton’s private server was hacked by a Chinese-owned company operating in Washington, DC area during her time as secretary of state, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation, citing “two sources”. Read more

Atlas, a popular Brazilian cryptocurrency investment platform, has been hacked. Although the company claims users’ funds are safe, the personal information of over 264,000 of its customers has been leaked. Read more

There has been a lot of issues for artist’s social media getting hacked recently. While the dubstep community felt the hack harder than anyone else – it seems that nobody’s Snapchat or Twitter is safe from these dedicated trolls. Read more

If the idea of the internet’s new fave Peter Kavinsky suddenly giving away free iPhone 8s, iPhone Xs, Apple Watches, and assorted gift cards seems too good to be true, that’s because it absolutely is. Read more

PUNE: Hackers managed to siphon off over Rs 94 crore through a malware attack on the server of Pune-based Cosmos Bank and cloning thousands of the bank’s debit cards over a period of two days, a top official said. Read more

Elon Musk Twitter account was hacked. Musk, the controversial head of Tesla, is a frequent target of hackers due to his tendency to stand in the limelight regarding his many companies and projects like Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, and SpaceX which builds rockets for NASA. Read more

T-Mobile released a statement on Thursday informing customers that it has experienced a data breach in which attackers were able to gain access to “certain information.” Limited details were immediately available but a spokesperson confirmed that around 2 million customers are believed to have been affected. Read more